Energy Speaker Systems indoor / outdoor loudspeaker - Manual (Page 13)

WARNING
IMPORTANT TECHNICAL NOTE.
PLEASE READ BEFORE OPERATING SPEAKERS.
THE WARRANTY ON SPEAKERS IS VOID IF THE VOICE COILS ARE BURNED, OR
DAMAGED, AS RESULT OF OVERPOWERING OR CLIPPING.
OVERPOWERING:
The volume control of most amplifiers and receivers is a logarithmic type, which means
that full power may be reached with the volume control at as little as the halfway point.
In addition, operating the loudness feature, or boosting the treble or bass controls,
increases power output well beyond rated levels.
AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE FACTORS, A 30 WATT AMPLIFIER CAN PRODUCE
OUTPUT LEVELS OF OVER 100 WATTS AND MAY DAMAGE YOUR LOUDSPEAKER.
CLIPPING:
Clipping refers to the power level at which an amplifier begins to distort a waveform by
flattening its top and bottom into a square wave shape. When fed to tweeters and/or
midrange speakers, this may result in exceeding their maximum power handling capacity,
causing damage to the speaker voice coil.
CLIPPING CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY A FUZZY OR DISTORTED SOUND. IF THIS IS
HEARD, LOWER THE VOLUME IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID DAMAGE TO YOUR SYSTEM.
CONTINUOUS CLIPPING WILL DAMAGE OR BURN OUT THE SPEAKERS.
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